The Governors of ST. Francis Xavier University
Publicly funded institution · Antigonish, Nova Scotia · BN 108083270RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($166,290,217) as filed with the CRA.
The Governors of ST. Francis Xavier University is a charitable organization based in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $164.1M in revenue and $166.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 35% from government. In 2024, 61 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8.7M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 822 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
1. Post secondary education & research 2. Training 3. Technical Assistance
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $164.1M | $166.3M | $140.2M | $4M | — | $193M |
| 2023 | $170.8M | $173.7M | $143M | $4M | — | $169M |
| 2022 | $162.1M | $146.7M | $120.9M | $3.5M | — | $164.6M |
| 2021 | $149M | $132.7M | $108.6M | $3.1M | — | $144.6M |
| 2020 | $149.2M | $138.3M | $113.3M | $3.8M | — | $103.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8.7M from 61 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$2.2M
- Comart Foundation$1.2M
- Pathy Family Foundation$1.1M
- The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation$1.1M
- Amelia & Lino Saputo Foundation$1M
- Beedie Foundation$300K
- The Peter and Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation$250K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$163K
- WCPD Foundation$161K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$131K
- The Medavie Foundation Inc.$125K
- Canadian Cancer Society$120K
- Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation$100K
- The CRB Foundation/La fondation CRB$80K
- Actua$57K
- Walker Wood Foundation$54K
- Trust Under the Will of Marguerite I. Vernon Estate$50K
- Godin Family Foundation$50K
- The Windsor Foundation$50K
- The Peacock family foundation$50K
- Hewitt Foundation$45K
- Harrison McCain Foundation$32K
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$31K
- River Philip Foundation$28K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$26K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $200,000–249,9996 positions
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions822
- Total compensation, all staff$83.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wayne Kirkpatrick (ex-officio bishop & vicar); Kerri Arthurs (secretary to the board).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Governors of ST. Francis Xavier University’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108083270RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.